CVE-2019-11596
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.030 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In memcached before 1.5.14, a NULL pointer dereference was found in the "lru mode" and "lru temp_ttl" commands. This causes a denial of service when parsing crafted lru command messages in process_lru_command in memcached.c.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedmemcached-0:1.4.39-3.el7ost.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5583 - Fixedmemcached-0:1.4.39-3.el7ost.src as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5583 - Fixedmemcached-0:1.4.39-3.el7ost.src as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Serverredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5583 - Fixedmemcached-0:1.4.39-3.el7ost.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5583 - Fixedmemcached-0:1.4.39-3.el7ost.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Serverredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5583 - Fixedmemcached-debuginfo-0:1.4.39-3.el7ost.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5583 - Fixedmemcached-debuginfo-0:1.4.39-3.el7ost.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5583 - Fixedmemcached-debuginfo-0:1.4.39-3.el7ost.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 for RHEL 7.6 EUS Serverredhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5583
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (13)
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advisories (1)
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- RHSA-2020:5583Red Hat Security Advisory: memcached security update2020-12-16csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for memcached is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (33)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00060.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/commit/d35334f368817a77a6bd1f33c6a5676b2c402c02cnnvd
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/compare/ee1cfe3...50bdc9fcnnvd
- https://github.com/memcached/memcached/issues/474cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UUE3QBMP5UWTXMPKJREUICH6DIK6SOBX/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y2CCWRM4LHB253KG5SPOKRVDCXQX5VZR/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11596cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152709/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-3963-1.htmlcnnvd
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